Astronomers have strengthened long-standing predictions that massive runaway stars could have originated in binary pairs, and ...
Will two rare supernovas finally tell us how fast the universe is expanding? Perhaps, but we'll have to wait for it for them ...
In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...
An artist’s illustration depicts silicon, argon and sulfur releasing from a massive star. - Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of ...
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Rubin Observatory could catch the Milky Way’s next supernova before anyone else does
The next Milky Way supernova may not surprise astronomers at all. According to a recent study available on the arXiv preprint server, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ahead of its decade-long Legacy ...
Astronomers have captured the first radio signals from a rare supernova, revealing intense activity in a star’s final years before it exploded.
Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting ...
Astronomers have observed what they are calling a new type of supernova, which has provided an unparalleled glimpse into what happens deep within a star just before it explodes. A study detailing the ...
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